Canto XXVII/1: Machinations 

Lithograph with etching, page proof approved by the artist and signed / initialled by him, taken from the original Talford Press edition of 185, printed on 100% rag, acid-free Inveresk (Somerset) paper

page size 39.5 x 31 cm

1979 – 1983

This collage of fragments taken from The Boy's Own Paper and London Illustrated News shows the devisers of guileful intricacy eternally trapped in their own machinations : mechanical elements, the hand-drawn web woven round the frame and multiple wheels all symbolise deceit and scheming.